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My Dear Fellow Co.

Courtney • Apr 18, 2014Apr 17, 2014
Check out the charming illustration work of My Dear Fellow Co., a husband-and-wife paper goods studio based in Dallas, Texas. Their shop features a se...
Design

Tag Collective: Wishbone

Garth • Apr 18, 2014Apr 14, 2014
New York’s Tag Collective just put out some tasty new branding and environment work for Wishbone, a fried chicken spot in Philadelphia. It mai...
Design
Nicolas Ménard: ARTV

Nicolas Ménard: ARTV

Garth • Apr 17, 2014Apr 14, 2014
I’m really digging the adventure and whimsy in Nicolas Menard‘s cosmic animation work for ARTV. Watch Nicolas’ animation below, and ...
DesignIllustration

Alliteration Inspiration: Jelly & Journeying

Garth • Apr 17, 2014Apr 17, 2014
Alliteration Inspiration is a weekly column featuring the top twenty pieces of visual inspiration based on two random alliterative themes. This week...
Alliteration InspirationDesign
Leta Sobierajski: Branding & Collateral

Leta Sobierajski: Branding & Collateral

Garth • Apr 16, 2014Apr 14, 2014
You may be familiar with Leta Sobierajski from her personal brand identity system featured on DWL last year, but you’ll want to familiarize y...
Design

Young & Laramore: Upland Brewing Co. Rebrand

Garth • Apr 15, 2014Apr 14, 2014
Young & Laramore recently completed a solid rebrand for Bloomington, Indiana’s Upland Brewing Co., including some nifty new packaging for se...
Design

The Return of R.B.I. Baseball

Jackson • Apr 15, 2014Apr 15, 2014
Nearly 30 years ago, one of the greatest video games of all time was born. R.B.I. Baseball, an absurdly rudimentary game for Nintendo in 1986, with it...
Art & CodeDesign
Tyler Gross: New Work

Tyler Gross: New Work

Garth • Apr 14, 2014Apr 14, 2014
Since we last featured Tyler Gross‘s illustrations, he’s churned out some killer new work that further showcases his hardcore halftones an...
DesignIllustration
Eszter Chen: Patterns & Illustration

Eszter Chen: Patterns & Illustration

Garth • Apr 14, 2014Apr 14, 2014
Illustrator and textile designer Eszter Chen has got something good going. Born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan, she’s brought her lovely style and...
DesignIllustration

Almanac: Photographer Jay Fram Brand and Website

Courtney • Apr 11, 2014Apr 6, 2014
One of Almanac’s most recent projects is the branding and website development for photography Jay Fram. We began our discovery phase by working ...
Design
Green Chair Press: Miniature Matchbox Books

Green Chair Press: Miniature Matchbox Books

Garth • Apr 11, 2014Apr 6, 2014
Susan Angebranndt, owner of Santa Fe’s Green Chair Press, has created a quirky line of miniature matchbox books that are simply delightful. Each...
Design
Andreas Wikström Illustration

Andreas Wikström Illustration

Garth • Apr 10, 2014Apr 9, 2014
I’m thoroughly enjoying the work of Andreas Wikström, a graphic designer hailing from Sweden. There’s more to explore on his website, so ...
DesignIllustration
Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering

Sergi Delgado Illustration & Lettering

Garth • Apr 8, 2014Mar 31, 2014
If “rad” were a design discipline, Barcelona-born Sergi Delgado could teach a class on it. His illustration, lettering and typography wo...
DesignIllustration
Angel Bomb Rebrand & Collateral

Angel Bomb Rebrand & Collateral

Garth • Apr 7, 2014Apr 4, 2014
Angel Bomb, a design and letterpress studio in northeast Minneapolis, recently rebranded themselves to emphasize the full-service nature of their stu...
Design

Melanie Rothschild: The Art of Mistakes

Garth • Apr 4, 2014Mar 31, 2014
Melanie Rothschild has a wildly intriguing story to share with the world about the creative process, and it all started with a disastrous mistake. Se...
Design
Michael Haddad: Ottawa Magazine “The Sex Issue” Illustrations

Michael Haddad: Ottawa Magazine “The Sex Issue” Illustrations

Garth • Apr 4, 2014Apr 3, 2014
Michael Haddad‘s illustrations for Ottawa Magazine’s “The Sex Issue” are simple, clever, and innuendo-tastic. Creative Credits...
Design

Miles Design: William Roam Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Apr 3, 2014Apr 1, 2014
Miles Design worked with the team at William Roam on an extensive project which encompassed their identity and stationery, website, the naming and p...
Design

Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys: Freies Theater Hannover Identity

Courtney • Apr 1, 2014Apr 1, 2014
I’m loving this vibrant and dynamic identity redesign for the Freies Theater Hannover by Hardy Seiler and Created by Monkeys. via Form Fifty ...
Design

Finding Digital Inspiration in our Neighbourhood

Jackson • Apr 1, 2014Apr 15, 2014
What do a hip coffee house, a curated general store, a popular sandwich joint, a trendy shoe shop, and a new superfood store have in common? For start...
Art & CodeDesignIdeas

Winkreative: The Government of Thailand

Courtney • Mar 28, 2014Mar 27, 2014
Exciting work by Winkreative for The Government of Thailand. As Thailand prepared to host the World Economic Forum, Winkreative was selected by the Of...
Design

Dxmiq: Future Artifacts

Courtney • Mar 28, 2014Mar 27, 2014
Future Artifacts, a digital art project by Dxmiq, is just about the opposite of the type of work I do, which is probably why I’m so drawn to it....
Design

Janine Rewell: Minna Parikka

Courtney • Mar 27, 2014Mar 26, 2014
Janine Rewell managed art direction, illustration and body paint design for a SS2014 Minna Parikka promotional campaign. Creative Credits: Photograph...
Design

Skillshare By the Book Challenge Winner: Star St. Germain

Courtney • Mar 26, 2014Mar 24, 2014
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Design

Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jena Buckwell

Courtney • Mar 26, 2014Mar 24, 2014
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Design

Skillshare By the Book Runner Up: Jennifer Thomke

Courtney • Mar 26, 2014Mar 25, 2014
This afternoon I’m doing a series of posts featuring the winners of the first challenge in my Skillshare class, By the Book: Create a Style Gu...
Design

Jenney Stevens: Far North Spirits

Courtney • Mar 26, 2014Mar 24, 2014
I’m loving the identity and collateral designed by Jenney Stevens for Far North Spirits. The white glass bottle for their gin is especially gorg...
Design

The Grand Budapest Hotel

Courtney • Mar 25, 2014Mar 25, 2014
It’s fascinating to get a look behind the scenes of Wes Anderson’s latest film, The Grand Budapest Hotel, through the work of the designer...
Design
Little: Ephemera

Little: Ephemera

Garth • Mar 25, 2014Mar 24, 2014
We recently featured Little‘s lovely identity and collateral work for Fair State Brewing Cooperative, and now I’m quite taken by Ephemera...
Design
Did Google figure out wearable technology?

Did Google figure out wearable technology?

Jackson • Mar 25, 2014Mar 24, 2014
This past weekend we noticed a tweet about Alicia Keys out for a run in St. Barts. It was only remarkable because she was taking selfies, not with her...
Art & CodeDesignProducts

Stitch Design Co.: New Stationery

Courtney • Mar 24, 2014Mar 23, 2014
Check out the new stationery package that Stitch Design Co. designed to go with their recently updated website. Gorgeous, as always....
Design
Matt Chase: Escapades Magazine

Matt Chase: Escapades Magazine

Garth • Mar 24, 2014Mar 23, 2014
Matt Chase just blew my mind with his challenging, beautiful design work for “The Takeoff Issue” of new travel magazine Escapades. After...
Design

Nicole McQuade: Kitchen Stories Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 21, 2014Mar 20, 2014
For the past three years, Nicole McQuade—designer and photographer—and Judi Cutrone—writer—have been collaborating on Some Kitchen Stories, a ...
Design

MaeMae Paperie: Munster Rose Stationery

Courtney • Mar 21, 2014Mar 17, 2014
I’m loving this beautiful stationery developed by MaeMae Paperie for Munster Rose, a floral design company based out of Minneapolis....
Design1 Comment on MaeMae Paperie: Munster Rose Stationery

Plus63 Design Co.: Your Local Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 20, 2014Mar 17, 2014
Plus63 Design Co., a Phillipines-based studio, recently developed the brand identity and collateral for Your Local, a restaurant serving Asian comfort...
Design
Student Work: Clarke Harris

Student Work: Clarke Harris

Garth • Mar 19, 2014Mar 17, 2014
I’m quite fond of the work Clarke Harris has put out as he cuts his (Gator) teeth in the University of Florida’s graphic design program...
Design2 Comments on Student Work: Clarke Harris

Bryan Patrick Todd: Banner Year

Courtney • Mar 18, 2014Mar 17, 2014
Bryan Patrick Todd recently opened his first solo show, “Banner Year,” which includes eight handcrafted banners featuring eight quotes se...
Design
Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty

Gabby Lord: The Great Fifty

Garth • Mar 18, 2014Mar 17, 2014
Gabby Lord, whose wildly clever business cards were featured on DWL last year, loves her mum very much. When she asked Gabby to design a “simple...
Design
Where Food + Technology Meet

Where Food + Technology Meet

Jackson • Mar 18, 2014Mar 17, 2014
The intersection of photography, social, and our insatiable desire to eat tasty animal parts and vegetables means that there is a constant stream of d...
Art & CodeDesignProducts
Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime

Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime

Garth • Mar 17, 2014Mar 17, 2014
While some take to Twitter to share their stream of consciousness experience of the world, Adam Turnbull has used Ten Cent Dime as his outlet, a proje...
DesignIllustration1 Comment on Adam Turnbull: Ten Cent Dime

Emmanuel Cohen: BNT Studio Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 11, 2014Mar 10, 2014
Lovely clean, modern, sophisticated work for BNT Studio, “a distribution studio devoted to design and innovation,” by Emmanuel Cohen....
Design
MM Identity Lab: Year of the Horse Card Deck Calendar

MM Identity Lab: Year of the Horse Card Deck Calendar

Garth • Mar 11, 2014Mar 7, 2014
The team at MM Identity Lab just finished a fantastic self promotion project, working with local vendors to create their Year of the Horse Card Dec...
Design

The Apps of March—SXSW Edition

Jackson • Mar 11, 2014Mar 10, 2014
Graham and I were having a bit of a dialogue over the weekend about what hot apps were going to come out of SXSW this year. He’s there on the ground...
Art & CodeDesign

2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway Winner

Courtney • Mar 10, 2014Mar 10, 2014
Congrats, Allison—you’ve won a free pass to the upcoming RE:DESIGN UXD Conference! Please shoot me an email so that I can pass your contact in...
Design

MINE: Bun Mee

Garth • Mar 10, 2014Mar 10, 2014
San Francisco just got even more eye-popping with MINE‘s branding and environment design for Bun Mee’s new Market Street location. From ...
Design

Deuxtone: Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits

Garth • Mar 10, 2014Mar 7, 2014
Texas two-man operation Deuxtone executed some exquisite work in designing the brand identity and environment for Dichotomy Coffee & Spirits i...
Design

Naomie Ross & Daniel Renda: Pastosa Ravioli Co.

Courtney • Mar 7, 2014Mar 3, 2014
As a personal project, designers Naomie Ross and Daniel Renda set out to rebrand Pastosa Ravioli Co., an NYC shop whose pasta they both grew up eat...
Design

1983 Present: The Happy 8 Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Mar 6, 2014Mar 5, 2014
I’m loving this vibrant work by 1983 Present for The Happy 8, a chain of hotels in Malaysia. The Happy 8 is a high-quality chain hotels brand of...
Design

2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway

Courtney • Mar 5, 2014Mar 5, 2014
It’s that time of year again! The 2014 RE:Design UXD Conference is coming up at the end of April in Brooklyn, and I’m happy to offer one l...
Design1 Comment on 2014 RE:DESIGN UXD Giveaway

Stitch Design Co.: Produce Candles Packaging

Courtney • Mar 5, 2014Mar 5, 2014
It’s been far too long since I’ve posted a project from the ladies at Stitch Design Co., so this morning I’m excited to share their ...
Design1 Comment on Stitch Design Co.: Produce Candles Packaging

Scotty Reifsnyder: Cheers Notecards

Courtney • Mar 4, 2014Mar 3, 2014
Today, Scotty Reifsnyder and Chronicle Books release Cheers!, a set of 12 notecards and envelopes “perfect for toasting any occasion.” Th...
Design1 Comment on Scotty Reifsnyder: Cheers Notecards

Down the Rabbit Hole of Social TV

Jackson • Mar 4, 2014Mar 3, 2014
A recent study from TiVo says that 76% of television viewers prefer to just watch what is on the TV rather than be distracted by the multitude of mult...
Art & CodeDesign

Jean de Lessard Interior Design

Garth • Mar 3, 2014Mar 3, 2014
I’m blown away by the interior design work of Jean de Lessard in Montreal, Quebec. The environments that Jean and his firm have created for lo...
Design

Atelier Olschinsky: Rollercoaster Illustration Series

Courtney • Mar 3, 2014Feb 24, 2014
Between the kaleidoscopic use of color and deconstructed, abstract forms, I can’t stop staring at Rollercoaster, a new illustration series by At...
DesignIllustration
Isabel Urbina Book Covers

Isabel Urbina Book Covers

Garth • Feb 28, 2014Feb 27, 2014
The book cover designs of Isabel Urbina for Random House, New York are absolutely delightful examples of lettering, textures and illustrations combi...
Design1 Comment on Isabel Urbina Book Covers

D.T. Practice: The Roxy

Courtney • Feb 28, 2014Feb 28, 2014
While browsing Klim Type Foundry’s blog recently, I discovered D.T. Practice’s work for UK’s The Roxy. Featured because of its hea...
Design

Studio MPLS: Alli Marie Identity and Collateral

Courtney • Feb 28, 2014Feb 27, 2014
I’m excited to share more new beautiful work from Studio MPLS, this time a new brand identity, stationery and packaging project for Alli Marie, ...
Design
“Love From Hawaii”

“Love From Hawaii”

Courtney • Feb 27, 2014Mar 3, 2014
One of the many reasons I fell in love with Hawaii when I first visited a few years ago, was the Aloha spirit that is in the air. Beyond a greeting, a...
Design
Cherry Bomb: Innovación Lectora Series

Cherry Bomb: Innovación Lectora Series

Garth • Feb 26, 2014Feb 24, 2014
It’s so encouraging to see good design making its way into schools, and I’m absolutely enamored with Cherry Bomb Design Studio‘s il...
DesignIllustration1 Comment on Cherry Bomb: Innovación Lectora Series

Student Work: Zan Barnett

Garth • Feb 25, 2014Feb 24, 2014
With as much negativity that exists within and toward the world of hip hop, the genre’s positive influences can be easy to overlook. With this i...
Design

Marx Design: The Coconut Collective

Courtney • Feb 25, 2014Feb 24, 2014
Personally, I’m not a huge fan of coconut water as a beverage. But despite that face, I am loving the fresh, sunny packaging that Marx Design re...
Design
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